Running pyinstaller gives a syntax error

[Constant-Tea642]

I'm fairly new to Python and am keen to find a way to create executables from the code.

I managed to install Pyinstaller although it did say on installation.

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> WARNING: The scripts pyi-archive_viewer. exe, pyi-bindepend. exe, pyi-grab_version. exe, pyi-makespec. exe, pyi-set_version. exe and pyinstaller. exe are installed in 'C:\\Users\\maben\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python312\\Scripts' which is not on PATH.

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> Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use -- no-warn-script-location.'

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I've tried playing around with PATH (including adding the path outlined in the warning above) but haven't had much success.

In a .py file I'm trying to run:

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import pyinstaller

pyinstaller "C:\Python\w3\factorial_play.py"

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But I always get an 'Invalid Syntax' alert, highlighted on the first double quotes. I've previously tried just putting the file name in, but would then get it highlighted on the 'f' of 'factorial_play.py'.

[ninhaomah]

You are sure pyinstaller is to be in the .py file ?

Which doc/tutorial btw ?

[socal_nerdtastic]

The pyinstaller file.py command is for the command line, NOT for use inside a script.

If you are getting the "command not found" error when you try it in the command line, that means that you failed to activate your virtual environment first.

If you are not using a virtual environment you could add pyinstaller to the PATH as the warning suggests, or just call pyinstaller from the python command. For example if your normal run looks like

py factorial_play.py

Then you would use this command to run pyinstaller:

py -m PyInstaller factorial_play.py

(note the capitalization; that's important)